1.7 → 0.0%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.7
- 2016: 1.8
- 2021: 1.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Darlinghurst · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Darlinghurst
How families and households are made up across the area.
A huge proportion of residents in Darlinghurst now live alone, with 51.7% of households consisting of just one person. This has created a landscape where the typical home is much smaller than the national average, making it a place primarily of single occupants and couples.
1.7
→ 0.0%
- 1.5–1.6: 490 areas
- 1.6–1.8: 168 areas
- 1.8–1.9: 642 areas
- 1.9–2.1: 816 areas
- 2.1–2.2: 1854 areas
- 2.2–2.4: 1319 areas
- 2.4–2.5: 2753 areas
- 2.5–2.7: 1349 areas
- 2.7–2.8: 2332 areas
- 2.8–3.0: 805 areas
- 3.0–3.1: 1044 areas
- 3.1–3.3: 289 areas
- 3.3–3.4: 386 areas
- 3.4–3.6: 110 areas
- 3.6–3.7: 85 areas
- 3.7–3.9: 40 areas
- 3.9–4.0: 258 areas
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Darlinghurst — lower than 94% of areas.
| Darlinghurst | 1.7 |
|---|---|
| 2010, NSW | 1.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 1.7 people live in the typical home, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 2.6. This is reflected in the fact that over half of all households are one-person homes, a rate far above the Australian average of 25.6%.
51.7% ▲ +7.8%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 48.0%
- 2016: 46.1%
- 2021: 51.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Darlinghurst, 1 person is the majority at 52%; 2 people is next at 35%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest group here at 64.6%, while one-parent families are much less common at 7.8%. This figure is well below the national average of 14.1%.
7.8% ▲ +36.7%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 7.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Darlinghurst, Couples without children is the majority at 65%; Couples with children is next at 26%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Darlinghurst [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11213/darlinghurst/topic/family-households